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ARTICLE: Calif. mom gives birth on front lawn by herself
Nothing surprises me any more. Nothing. From USA Today:
FULLERTON, California (AP) — Alone and in labor, Jessica Higgins found the first place she could to give birth — her front lawn.
The 36-year-old was driving home from the mall Tuesday when little Mary Claire decided to arrive six weeks early.
Higgins — with her 2-year-old son sleeping in the back seat — called for an ambulance as she arrived at her home, but she had already pushed her daughter out when police arrived.
"She was just standing in the driveway rocking the newborn, who was still attached to the placenta," Officer Manny Ramos said Wednesday.
Higgins' husband, Jeff, arrived in time to cut the baby's umbilical cord under the front-yard ficus tree.
Boy, if that ficus tree could talk...
posted by L.W. on 08/16/08 at 08:43 PM. [printer-friendly version]
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Gee. This and many other acts are the reasons I tell dumb men to get out of my face when trying to tell me they're the man therefore more powerful, more able, more capable, strongers, et al. I wouldn't have even been able to cut the umbilical cord for her. I probably can't even spell umbilical correctly.
posted by Walt on 08/18/08 at 09:47 AM
posted by L.W. on 08/18/08 at 12:01 PM
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